GStreamer is the media framework used by the Gnome Desktop. For the most part it's working is hidden from users as media players setup up the processing pipelines required. However sometimes you just want to play something from the command line and that's where a lot of head scratching can …

I've mentioned distributed version control systems a few times. It was interesting note the advice that Savannah is giving about recovering from a recent disk crash. Both Git andMercurial based projects can restore from local repositories as they contain all the revision history within them. The centralised version control systems …

I went to a embedded conference today (re: sales pitch). It's been awhile since I've been exposed to salesperson snake oil but I thought it would be useful to see what the state of the art in the embedded world was like. All in all it was a useful event …

We finally seem to be have returned fully to the UK time zone. This week sees a return to normal service.

We had Fliss' sister visiting for the weekend as she prepares to head of to sunnier (and more dangerous) climes for her MSc project. This coincided with my Mum's …

I have to say this guy certainly has the vision thing. I share his thesis that green tech is going to be growth opportunity in the next few years. I just wonder how much software it's going to need.